Saturday, November 19, 2011

Mask

a house on the river

waves lap at the door

red grass smiles tall

sunrise brush-strokes paint purple

diamonds glitter

on noon’s proud chest

radiant peacocks open petals

winged dahlias in twilight bloom

earth bathes in a rain of stars

chirping birds perched on moon

rainbow across the night sky

all unseen, unheard,

beneath

the masked surface.